Ereview

This month’s research summary is an introduction to the
monograph Minding the Gap: Evaluating the Image Quality of
Digital Print Technologies Relative to Traditional Offset
Lithography (PICRM-2008-08), by Susan Farnand, Staff Scientist
at the Carlson Center for Imaging Science at RIT.
The goal of this research was to examine the current gap in
image quality between high-end digital printers and offset
lithography and to develop an idea of how important or relevant
this image quality difference is to the end user through the use of
psychophysical experiments. An investigation into image quality
parameters that are particularly relevant in comparing print
systems technologies was also conducted.